ALLIANSSI YOUTH EXCHANGES

Allianssi Youth Exchanges
works for intercultural learning and global understanding. We are a youth
exchange organizer providing young Finns opportunities abroad. We believe in
"learning by doing". Our range of programs varies from work experience
programs such as work and travel to voluntary work programs and other
worldwide work opportunities. Some programs combine language course and a work
placement.

Annually we recruit about 400 young Finns to participate in our programs abroad. Additionally, we place
about 250 international volunteers in our voluntary work camps in Finland every
year. Those volunteers are recruited from the members and partner organizations
of the Alliance of the European Voluntary Service Organisations. We do not have
other inbound programs.

We have been operating
since 1993, first as a part of Finnish Youth Co-operation Allianssi, which is
the National Youth Council of Finland, 122 organisations as members. Since
1995, Allianssi Youth Exchanges has existed as a youth mobility agency
concentrating on offering Finnish young people a wide variety of exchange
programs. Our programs give the participants not only a chance to improve their
skills and employability but also a possibility to widen their horizons and do something
meaningful.